COURSE TITLE: Pathways To Careers
GRADE LEVEL: 7-8
CODE: VEZ101
COURSE LENGTH: 9 Weeks
Major Concepts/Content: Pathways to Careers is designed to provide students with a broad overview of the world of work through self/career awareness. Students will be introduced to career development as a life-long process. Topics will include self and career assessments, career exploration, personal qualities needed in a work environment, and electronic information sources.
Major Instructional Activities: Students will complete classroom career awareness activities as a means of developing thinking skills, utilizing information-gathering techniques, and exploring self-management tools. Textbooks and resource materials are utilized for completing these activities. Other activities will include field trips, guest speakers, job shadowing, interest inventories, and researching both printed and electronic materials.
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Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be evaluated on their understanding of the pathways to careers, and on a variety of classroom activities; such as, use of investigative skills via electronic information systems, written and oral reports, use of simulation materials and testing devices, and role playing.
Essential Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to
- Acquire knowledge to explain the basics of various career fields
- Employ strategies to locate, analyze, and apply career information
- Evaluate the importance of career decision making
- Self assess one's interests, aptitudes, values, and abilities
- Demonstrate effective work habits in a classroom setting.
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COURSE TITLE: Career Decision Making
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
CODE: VEZ301
COURSE LENGTH: 18 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: Career Decision Making is designed to provide students with in-depth research of the world of work through self/career awareness, occupational exploration, career interests, work activities, work situations and environment, attitudes toward work, and career planning.
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Using the information obtained in this course, students are able to understand and to focus on career planning and work relationships. Through the study of various occupations and work opportunities, students will focus on emerging careers in order to make sound decisions as related to career planning.
Topics to be studied include:
- self and career assessments
- career exploration
- job application activities and techniques
- college and technical preparation opportunities
- personal qualities required in a work environment
- electronic information sources.
Major Instructional Activities: Students will complete classroom career awareness activities as a means of developing thinking skills, utilizing information-gathering techniques, and exploring self-management tools. Students will practice SCANS (Secretaries Commission for Achieving Necessary Skills) using real life activities as related to the course content. Textbooks and resource materials will be utilized for completing these activities. Other activities to be included are:
- Field trips
- Guest speakers
- Job shadowing
- Interest inventories
- Job search activities such as completing job applications, writing cover letters, resume writing, and mock interviewing techniques
- Writing occupational research papers
Using electronic media and audiovisual materials for occupational research and job application techniques.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students are evaluated through a variety of activities, such as
- Use of investigative skills via electronic information systems
- Written and oral reports
- Use of simulation materials and testing devices
- Role playing
- Activities correlated to resource materials.
Essential Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Self assess one's interests, aptitudes, values, and abilities
- Employ strategies to locate, analyze, and apply career information
- Apply the knowledge gained to make a future career decision
- Demonstrate employability skills such as working on a team, problem-solving, and self-management skills
- Describe ethical characteristics to be successful in the world of work
- Apply basic competency skills to the related work environment
- Employ strategies to successfully complete a job search.
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COURSE TITLE: Video Production A
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
CODE: MEVF101
COURSE LENGTH: 9 weeks
COURSE TITLE: Video Production AB
GRADE LEVEL: 6-8
CODE: MEVF03
COURSE LENGTH: 18 weeks
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Major Concepts/Content: The Introduction to Video Communications course is designed to provide students in grades 7 through 8 with exploratory and investigative activities dealing with camera functions, filming techniques, composition, non-linear/linear editing, and computer animation/graphics. Through a hands-on approach students will learn the entire process of video/television production from initial filming to final editing.
Major Instructional Activities: Students will work in a cooperative environment with their classmates in order to produce video projects, which demonstrate understanding of the fundamentals of video communication. Students will explore career opportunities in the video/television career field and will also complete projects dealing with computer animation and graphics.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Video, computer graphics, and animation projects will be evaluated for completeness, neatness, and application of video communication concepts. Students will be required to evaluate their work and recommend ideas for increasing the communication value of their work. Complete individual participation in group projects is a requirement for success in this course.
Essential Objectives: Upon completion of the video communications course, students should be able to
- Explore the historical context and evaluate current careers in the field of video communications.
- Complete video communication projects that demonstrate an understanding of the materials and equipment used in video communication.
- Apply the principals of filming, composition, non-linear/linear editing and computer graphics in order to effectively communicate using the video medium.
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COURSE TITLE: Video Comm I
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
CODE: PTV301
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The Video Communications I course for students in grades 9 through 12 is designed to introduce students to the concepts and equipment related to video production. Through a hands-on, project oriented approach, students will apply knowledge on filming, composition, linear/non-linear insert editing, lighting, storyboarding, audio and computer graphics/effects in order to communicate effectively using the video communication medium.
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Major Instructional Activities: A variety of instructional activities will be used so students can successfully apply the video communication concepts. Students will learn correct filming techniques and how to edit video and sound in order to communicate clearly. Students will also combine digital video footage with non-linear computer based editing in order to produce a video project of high quality. Computer graphics, transitions, and filter effects will also be incorporated into video productions. Students will explore the historical background, and career fields related to video/film production in order to decide if this is a career field they may be interested in.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will critique video projects in order to determine where improvements can be made. Performance will be based on how well the video communication concepts are applied and the effort each student exhibits in the completion of group projects.
Essential Objectives: Upon completion of the Video Communications I course, students should be able to
- Appraise the historical context and current careers related to the field of video communication.
- Create video communication projects that demonstrate understanding of the materials and equipment used in video production
- Apply the principals of filming, composition, linear/nonlinear insert editing, lighting, audio, storyboarding, and special effects in order to communicate effectively using the video medium.
- Construct a video production using a digital video camera and a non-linear, computer based editing environment.
- Incorporate post production techniques including computer graphics and computer processed video transitions or clips as part of a video production.
- Evaluate and critique video communication projects.
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